The best remedy that I found for a bad back one summer was lots of sick and vacation leave, mellow friends, lots of BarBQuing, and copious amounts of alcohol; white russians, guiness, and heineken. (Not to taken with any proscription of painkillers).
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"It's Like trying to get along [with] the Dino Bots while your Optimus Prime." ~The Last Starfighter